Railroad-rail joint



E. G. WALLINDER.

RAILROAD RAIL JOINT. APPLlCATION FILED MAY 31,1921. Patented Apr. 4,

2 $HhEfSSHEET I.

E. G. WALLINDER.

RAILROAD RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 31. 1921.

2 SHtEIS-SHEET 2.

Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

- jnmcxo; WALLINDER, or nunu'rn, MINNESOTA.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, Enron GWALLINDER,

a citizen of'the United States, residingat Duluth, in the county ofSt;Louis and State of 'Minncsot'a, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Railroad-Rail difl'erent circumstances whereby toincrease its adaptability; I 7

1 ,Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear.in'thexfurther descriptionthereof.

' Referringfto the accompanying drawings forming part of thisapplication, .inv'hi'ch like reference characters indicate like parts:Figure l is a ,full sized transverse sectionalview through a railroadrail adj acent one of my improved joints, y 7

Flgure 2 1s a reduced side ele'vatlon of the joint on the commonlfish'plate side. or

inside of the rail,

FigureB is a similar. view. oil-the opposite or ,outsideof the rail,with the bracing plate removed therefrom,

Figuresl2 and 3 illustrate opposite sides of one'of my improvedcompletely assembled joints in which two wearingorbase platesareemploy'edlunder each end of the abutting rails and upon the v spacedties supporting same;

Beferringto Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, 1" and 2 represent" theabutting ends of two railroad rails, a common, fish plate, 4 my imrovedfi h plate,i5 the plate, and 6 the wearing plate.

The novelty in my present invent on rebrace sides more particularly inthe form' of fish plate l and wearing plate 6 "and the mannerfofapplying the same, to which end thelatter is provided with threeparallel spaced upstandi'ngLribs 8,1 9 and 10, all of'which extend theentire width of the'plate-, except that the rib 10 hasjformed verticallythere through the necessary spike holes.

- ItaItnqAn-RAII; 10mm]- s cmcation of Letters ratent. P t t r, 19Application filed May 31 7 1921. Serial in. 473,817.

I The intermediate rib 9, the inner face of which when in service abutsthe edge of the base of the rail and which latter 1?; firmly fittedbetween it and the ribs 1.0. provided upon its inner face'with an offsetor cut-away channel 11 extending approxi- I the application of thewearing plate to the 'mate'ly one-half its entireheight and adbaseoftherail directly transversely, that is to say, the plate maybe'slipped in under the rail transversely and at an heeled upanglethereto with the near upper corner of the base of the railextending within the cut-away channel 11 to permit of the upper innercorner of the rib 10 passing the lowermost farther corner of the baseof'th'e-rail over it until the plate Qmay be brought: up

snugly under the rail, and for this purpose it may be necessary to havethe uppermost inner corner of the wearing plate adjacent the, rib 9slightly cut out as indioated in dotted lines at 13, Figure 1, to permitof this action but I have found in practice that 'there issuflicientresiliency in the plate to "permit oftheir being forcibly. applied, resulting in a snugfit without the aidof such latter provision;

' The improved fish plate 4 is made heavy in cross section and whenresting'infposition upon the inclined upper face of the base of therailextends slightly above the bulb or tread of the rail and thisextending portion .is highest in the, middle 'ofjthe fish-plate asillustrated at 14, the same gradually sloping toward the ends of theplate where the latter are substantially flush with the topof the rail.This extended portion also overlaps the. rounded corner 'ofthe rail asat15,-but

" when in position and the plate .is tightly engaged with the rail, thecutaway portion forming said overl'applng is spaced slightly :froni'the. corner of the rail. leavingan'opening' as at 16,the objectoffwhichwill be hereinafter described. The remainder of the 3 plate 4.is made to fitjsnugly within. the side of therail when drawn up tightlywith the Common bolts-7, itcha'ving allaterally extending flange 17 theentire length thereof ex cept where "cut-away for thereception ofsomewhat larger than necessary for the' actual reception of the fiangeon the base plate so as to permit of tipping motion of the 7 plate onthe lower outer corner 19 of the rail as a fulcrum or pivotal point, andth'e opening 16 at the upper corner of the rail is also sufficient topermit of such rocking motion of the plate so that the upper edge of thebrace plate 5 may be tipped outwardly for dismantling the joint when thebolts 7' are slacked oil, or for assemblingthem in like manner, it beingunderstood that they bracing plates 5 are the full length of the jointaud are angular in form with their horizontally disposed base portionsresting entirelyuponthe upper face of the wearing plate 6 intermediateof the ribs 9 and 8 and impingingagainst the inner edge of the innerface of the latter rib. The flange 17 of the fish plate being thusrecessedjifor the rib 9 on the base plate provides against a possibletendency of longitudinal creeping f h fish pl s the here c be no m m nongitu inal y th ail o ny p t on of the joint independently of theremainder thereof, this anti-creeping feature being considered veryessential by many prominent i we ve gine n h fl g 1. m y b formed with aturned downextension intermediate of the ties if so desired.

There are suitable spik holes throughthe base portion of the bracingplate which register with the'spike holes in --the wearing plates sothat the common spike .is made to i. hold the two firmly in position,and it may be desirable to make the angle of. the bracing plate slightlymore acute than that necessary to fit snugly intermediate of thearouatelyshaped shoulder 21 in the outer upper ,face of the fish plate 4and the angle in the wearing plate so that'the lower'outer edge of thebase of the bracing plate may normally heel up slightly as indicated indotted lines at 22, thus providing acertain amount of space forresilientaction in the breathing of the joint when the rolling stockpasses thereover. 4 V

Now in providing the overhang 15 of the upper edge of the treadportion'of the fish plate 4 an automatic-calking of the joint takesplace during the passageof the wheels thereover, as such calking actionis. well known to those versed in the art, and as the space 16 becomesmore completelycalked by continued use, the vjoint continues to'growmore firm and substantial.

Y Y As before stated the tread of the fish plate 4: is elevatedcentrally somewhat above. the

7 plane of the tread of the rail, which provides fora slight elevationof a wheel passing thereover whichsimultaneously compensates for thebreathing. or depressing of the j i t together with the desired calkingprocess.

V 1 Iti s apparent that ajoint thus used will eyentually becomepractically inseparable I claim and desire without the destructiono'fsome portion thereof, however portions of such used joint may becomeavailable for subsequent use upon worn rails on a less important roadbed, as theaim'in this .structure is to provide the most ideal form ofjoint for main line constru'ction. I

lqllhile I have-shown a common fish plate 3 associated wi'th'my improvedrail joint,

it is 'to be understood that the same may be dispensed with if desiredand the nuts or the bolts? drawn up lightly directly against the webofthe 'rail and also in either event it is desirable to'jhave the braceplate i 5 sufficiently long tocover the heads of the bolts topreventtheir becoming dislodged in a transversely' disposed upwardlyextending ribadjacent one, end of -the plate and spaced fromthe. railholding ribs, a fishplate having a bulb thereupon extending upwardlyapproximately'level with the .top of therail,

v 'g 0 W h lowergouter corner ,of the.

bulb, a brace plate.sl.idably.engageable intermediate of said grooveand' theirib' Ion the base plate,.means for, holding the latterandthebrace-plate cooperatively united and a coInInQn'fish plate on theoppositeside of 1 the rail joint united With. the. otherrfish plate bycommon .throughbolts.

2. A rail joint comprising azbase plate having means forengagement withthe base of a, rail comprising two. parallel ribs spaced apart adistance equal'tov the widithof the transversely disposed upwardlyextending rib ad acentoneend of the plate and. spaced from the railholdingribs, afishplate having a bulb thereuponextending upwardlyapproximately level 'with the top of the rail, a groove 1n the lowerouter corner of thegbulb, a. brace plate engageable intermediate of saidgroove and the end rib of thebase plate, means for holding the latterandithe brace vplatev cooperatively united, and

.base'oftherail and one of said-ribs over-,

lapping the edge of the base oftheraihaillO common through bolts forholding thefish plate and rail together.

3.: ,A' rail joint comprising twosp aced base plates each having meansfor engagementf with the base of a rail comprising 'two parallel,ribs-spaced apart a distance equal to the width-of the base of therailand one of said ribsj oyerlapping the edge of the base of the rail,transversely disposed lupwardly fje rtending rib adjacent .one ;end ofeach plate and spaced from the rail holding ribs, a fish plate having abulb thereupon extending upwardly approximately level with the top ofthe rail, a groove in the lower outer corner of the bulb, common throughbolts for holding the fish plate and the rail together, a brace plate ofsufiicient length to cover all of the bolts and extending from the outerextremities of both base plates and engageable intermediate of saidgroove andythe end rib. of the base plates, and means for holding thelatter and the brace plate cooperatively united.

a. A rail joint comprising in combination a base plate having means forengagement with the base of a rail, a brace plate cooperativelyengageable with the outermost end of the base plate, a fish plateintermediate of the brace plate and the rail and cooperativelyengageable with the brace plate, said fish plate being held normally incontact with the rail by means of common through bolts, and meanswhereby the uppermost portion of the fish plate may be i adjusted forapplying or removing the brace plate. .r v

5. A rail joint comprising a base plate having means for engagement withthe base of a rail comprising two parallel ribs spaced apart a distanceequal to the width of the base of the rail, one of said ribs overlappingthe outer edge of the base of the rail, a

transversely disposed upwardly extending rib at the end of the plate andspaced from the last mentioned rib, a fish plate upon the outside of therail extending upwardly adjacent the side of the bulb of the rail, aninclined bracing plate engageable inter mediate of the end rib of thebase late and the uppermost outer face of the sh plate, and commonthrough bolts for holding the rail and the fish plate together.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the )resence oftwo Witnesses. ER CK G. WALLINDER. Witnesses:

S. C. BRONSON, S.'GEO. STEVENS.

